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Edge of Darkness

1943 · 1h 59m · Drama, War

Resistance fighters battle the Nazis in occupied Norway

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.

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Cast

• Errol Flynn as Gunnar Brogge
• Ann Sheridan as Karen Stensgard
• Walter Huston as Dr. Martin Stensgard
• Helmut Dantine as Captain Koenig
• Ruth Gordon as Anna Stensgard
• Judith Anderson as Gerd Bjarnesen
• Roman Bohnen as Lars Malken
• Monte Blue as Jens Petersen
• Virginia Christine as Hulda (Stensgard maid)
• Morris Carnovsky as Sixtus Andresen
• Charles Dingle as Kaspar Torgerson
• Richard Fraser as Pastor Aalesen

Details

Director

Lewis Milestone

Released

April 9, 1943

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Drama, War

Studio

Warner Bros. Pictures

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.3 / 10 from 40 votes